CVE-2020-9920 — Path Traversal in Apple Macos

CWE-22 — Path Traversal6 documents4 sources
Severity
9.1CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 28.02%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
Apple IOSApple MacosApple Watchos+3 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 22
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.6, watchOS 6.2.8. A malicious mail server may overwrite arbitrary mail files.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages7 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — macOS Catalina 10.15.6
▶NVDapple/ipados< 13.6
▶CVEListV5apple/watchosunspecified — watchOS 6.2.8
▶NVDapple/watchos< 6.2.8
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x< 10.15.6

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-r6fc-jj24-8qhw: A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-9920: A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation↗2020-10-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Apple
CVE-2020-9920: iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6↗2020-07-15
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Apple
CVE-2020-9920: macOS Catalina 10.15.6, Security Update 2020-004 Mojave, Security Update 2020-004 High Sierra↗2020-07-15
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Apple
CVE-2020-9920: watchOS 6.2.8↗2020-07-15
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